Advanced PHP Programming FROM OUR EDITORS
The Barnes & Noble Review
PHP 5 is enterprise-ready. Itﾽs fast, scalable, and extensible. It offers a surprisingly powerful object model. But many developers still use it for nothing but simple ﾽglueﾽ scripts. Why not leverage your PHP skills to do a whole lot more -- and make yourself more competitive, too?
Advanced PHP Programming is PHP 5 for serious, large-scale web development -- the stuff introductory PHP books donﾽt teach. For example, thereﾽs a full section on caching for performance. Techniques for building scalable applications that run across clusters. Detailed coverage of benchmarking and profiling. A full chapter on SOAP and XML-RPC.
Above all, youﾽll learn sophisticated PHP problem-solving skills -- and take away plenty of examples to get you rolling. Bill Camarda
Bill Camarda is a consultant, writer, and web/multimedia content developer. His 15 books include Special Edition Using Word 2003 and Upgrading & Fixing Networks for Dummies, Second Edition.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Over the past three years PHP has evolved from being a niche language used to add dynamic functionality to small sites to a powerful tool making strong inroads into large-scale, business-critical Web systems.
The rapid maturation of PHP has created a skeptical population of users from more traditional "enterprise" languages who question the readiness and ability of PHP to scale, as well as a large population of PHP developers without formal computer science backgrounds who have learned through the hands-on experimentation while developing small and midsize applications in PHP.
While there are many books on learning PHP and developing small applications with it, there is a serious lack of information on "scaling" PHP for large-scale, business-critical systems. Schlossnagle's Advanced PHP Programming fills that void, demonstrating that PHP is ready for enterprise Web applications by showing the reader how to develop PHP-based applications for maximum performance, stability, and extensibility.
FROM THE CRITICS
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George Schlossnagle has written a great book on PHP programming which ought to generate some enthusiasm. But it's not just about PHP5: the book includes great information on everything from coding style to high-level problem-solving. I met George through a friend of mine who works for the Developers Library, and I'm glad to have finally gotten a look at his book. ... Definitely recommended.
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